2023 r/baseball Power Rankings — Week 11: Angels Ascend to Top 10, Marlins Swim Upstream While D’Backs, Wait Marlins Are an Ocean Fish, Marlins Week Goes Swimingly and D’Backs Too, New York Nurses Injuries (Mostly Mets) and Red Sox Hop in Ambulance, Orange Teams on the MoveFeature (self.baseball)

**Hey Sportsfans** — it’s time for **Week 11** of
r/baseball Power Rankings: Hello friends. Normally you don’t meet me at this hour. Or day. But here we are regardless. For the record — I gave 0 voting instruyctions beyond the normal words so I really don’t know who took into account Monday and Tuesday’s games. Let’ find something to argue about together, shall we?

**Every voter has their own style / system and the only voting instructions are these:**

>”To an extent determined individually, you must take into account how strong a team is right now and likely to be going forward. You must, to some degree, give weight to the events and games of the previous week.”
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* This week the [](/KCR)Royals vote wss a cumulative score from 4 r/baseball mods. The normal Royals voter is on personal leave.

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If something is a little messed up, feel free to ~~pester me~~ let me know.

Total Votes: **28** of 30.

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**1**|[](/TB)|**Rays**|**0**| Anyone who knows the Trop knows Fergs, the magical land connected by underpass to the cathedral itself. I believe it meets the 7 requirements for life. Movement – in the style of plants, the layout shifts to accomodate events. Respiration – it’s basically outdoors but still has cooling systems to filter air. Excretion – all that bar and patron waste has to go somewhere. Growth – this veritable shantytown has clearly expanded itself, every time I go there’s something new. Sensitivity – some parts move when touched and return when left alone, such as the stairs. Reproduction – though not franchised, I believe the (listed) 11 sections function as a colony of organisms, the others had to spawn from somewhere. If you’ve imagined it, Fergs probably has it. Also the Rays won 6 games this week, 5 against first place teams. |**48-21**
**2**|[](/TEX)|**Rangers**|**0**| Well if you are going to be the best you have to beat the best and while the series was competitive the Rangers lost 2 of the 3 games against the Rays. With deGrom officially out for Tommy John guys like Eovaldi, Gray, and Perez will have to carry the load for this pitching staff. Bullpen minus one Spencer Howard has been improving lately which has been nice. |**41-24**
**3**|[](/ATL)|**Braves**|**0**| One of the most encouraging weeks in terms of results in a long time. We swept the Mets in spectacular fashion and took the series from the gnats. 5-1 on the week and our starting rotation didn’t even have a great week. Good teams find a way to win. We are a good team. |**40-26**
**4**|[](/BAL)|**Orioles**|**+2**| Well last week when I wrote about the upcoming schedule, I said I hoped we would go 4-2, we went 4-2. I’ll be honest, I looked at Sunday’s lineup and thought it was not even close to a winning lineup. Then O’Hearn in the cleanup spot went 3 for 3 with a HR, Hicks continued to rake going 2 for 4 with 2 doubles, Urias went 4 for 5 with 2 doubles and Josh Lester went 2 for 4 with 2 RBI. Henderson seemed to get more confident in the leadoff spot and hit a 462 ft HR yesterday that one bounced the warehouse. I know the fan base is really pulling for a huge move at the deadline (Bieber, Cease, Stroman) and those would be big, but I think they might get more worth out of someone like Paul Blackburn, which would not cost nearly as much capital. Just a thought. 3rd best record in all baseball 60+ games in. It might be a fun summer. |**41-24**
**5**|[](/ARI)|**D-Backs**|**+4**| The Snakes didn’t lose a game all week, taking two games from the Nationals before having the third postponed, and then sweeping the Tigers in Detroit. The offense, defense, and baserunning is all good as hell, but the starting pitching is still a queestion mark going forward, as even the NL’s best pitcher by fWAR, Zac Gallen, is having a rough stretch. |**41-25**
**6**|[](/LAD)|**Dodgers**|**-1**| A rough start to the month for the Dodgers, losing 4 of their last 5 series including back to back walkoff losses to the Reds, leaving them 3.5 games back from the sneks. Kershaw and Bobby Miller have been keeping the team afloat as of late being probably the only consistent pitchers on the team recently. Thor has a “blister” on his finger and is on the IL. I mean I feel bad for the guy but he really just didn’t have it and should not be on the mound (ERA of 7.16 on the season). P.S. Bobby Miller is the new hot rookie Dodger and you should watch him pitch. |**37-29**
**7**|[](/HOU)|**Astros**|**-3**| Where is Yordan? Is he safe? Is he alright? I’d like to be spoiled with a healthy team again. I will say, it’s been interesting watching the collective fanbase melt down over not being a total juggernaut this year for the first time since 2016 ish. I’m not sure we know how to act when times are hard anymore. |**37-29**
**8**|[](/NYY)|**Yankees**|**-1**| This offense becomes painful to watch without Aaron Judge, and the Yankees have taken back-to-back series losses as a result. The division just seems to keep getting tougher and tougher, especially with the Blue Jays surging again. Dropping 2/3 to Boston didn’t help that. Anemic offense aside, the pitching has stayed consistently very good, and it may be getting even better with Carlos Rodon *actually* expected to begin a rehab assignment soon. |**38-29**
**9**|[](/TOR)|**Blue Jays**|**-1**| Solid week for the Jays. I believe we have a better future than Reddit, which is saying… well, very little. Took 3 of 4 from the defending champstros before stealing just one in a frustrating series vs MIN after the most clutch 3-run HR ever was hit by Cavan Biggio. (Can that be right…? checks notes Wow. Okay.) We sent our troubled big boy Manoah down to our grandparents’ house in Florida after he gave up 6 runs in 0.1 innings, removed a fake Christian bigot tumor named Anthony Bass, and saw Jose Berrios continue his surprisingly shocking return to solid form. This season has fit an entire Taylor Swift relationship’s worth of drama into the first two months, and I, for one, want things to calm the fuck down. Series incoming @ Our Bird Bros and @ the Texas Yee-Haws. |**37-30**
**10**|[](/LAA )|**Angels**|**+4**| Zach Neto is a perfect rebound-relationship guy. He seems perfectly fine at face value, but then you get to spending time with him. Time that passes without you even feeling it. Day in and day out he’s there for you, checking in with a wake-up text — surprising you with some Cane’s after a tough day at work. Sometimes you have to stop youself and take notice, how did you find such a guy? Is he the product of low expectations brought upon by tragic heartbreak? No, he’s just a guy who does the little things well and handles the big moments with grace. Is…is this turning into something more? |**37-31**
**11**|[](/MIN)|**Twins**|**-1**| The two biggest flaws of the team so far are that we’re the most strikeout-prone team in the majors, and we’re great at losing close games. Even though we were swept by the Rays, the games were at least competitive. The lineup *finally* showed signs of life in Toronto though and won that series, so hopefully we’re about to pick up steam. |**33-33**
**12**|[](/MIA)|**Marlins**|**+5**| |**37-30**
**13**|[](/PIT)|**Pirates**|**0**| Andrew McCutchen got his 2,000th hit, Mitch Keller finally had a good start after a few rough outings in a row, and Ke’Bryan Hayes appears to be heating up at the plate. The Bucs may have lost 2 of 3 to the A’s this week, but the team ahead of them in the standings on Friday got swept by Oakland and now the Pirates are back in first place. The Athletics might be leading the division if they played in the NL Central, but they don’t — which means the upstart Bucs are holding onto that spot for now. |**34-30**
**14**|[](/MIL)|**Brewers**|**-3**| |**34-32**
**15**|[](/SFG)|**Giants**|**+3**| The Giants had a nice 4 -2 week because we’re pretending Monday and Tuesday’s game haven’t happened yet. A sweep of the Rockies, before dropping 2 of 3 to the Cubs. But hey, they always say if you’re gonna win one game in a series — make it the last one. Momentum. Ah shit, Hanniger and JD possibly IL. Wait I’m not supposed to know about that. I’M FROM THE FUTURE AND ALL MY NEWS IS BAD. Except the Giants are in the process of winning on the road. Guess who has two thumbs and is currently on a plane? Luis Matos. Presumably. I really don’t know how many thumbs he has. |**34-32**
**16**|[](/BOS)|**Red Sox**|**-4**| The past two weeks have been particularly painful for Boston, featuring a lot of bad BABIP luck for our already slumping offense alongside a slew of embarassing goofs and/or gaffes on defense. The pitching has been slightly better, only giving up 4.3 runs/game in June compared to 5.0 in April/May, but the bats need to be on point if you want to be competitive with mediocre pitching. The Sox have been .500 fifteen times this season (at 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 30, 31, 32, and 33 wins/losses), and it seems like that’s where we’ll stay without Story/Sale in the mix. But hey, we took 2/3 from the Yankees in New York, that’s a win right? |**33-34**
**17**|[](/SD)|**Padres**|**+2**| The Padres haven’t lost any of their last four series’s, so that’s good, right? Blake Snell has been genuinely good his last four starts, with only 2 earned runs in 24 innings. He seems to do this every year; starting slow, and building as the season goes on. Padres hose the Guardians for a series, then the mighty Rays, as they try to keep up with D’Backs…who are leading the division?? |**31-34**
**18**|[](/SEA)|**Mariners**|**-3**| 2-3 on the week – better than last week, but that’s a cold comfort. They’re not quite at the point of needing another 14-game win streak to get back in it, but time is starting to run out. It’s also looking more and more likely that the M’s won’t have a single starter at the All-Star Game they’re hosting. Up next: 3 vs. Florida Men (NL), 3 vs. Bleached Socks |**32-33**
**19**|[](/PHI)|**Phillies**|**+2**| What a great week it was to be a Phillies fan! After getting swept by the Mets and losing the series opener to the Nationals, the season looked grim. Then, the Phillies won 7 of 8 including a sweep of the Tigers and 2/3 from the Dodgers. Taijuan Walker, Aaron Nola, and Zack Wheeler all had incredible starts in the Tigers series, with Nola and Wheeler entering the 7th and 8th innings respectively with no-hitters. Kyle Schwarber hit another 2 dingers including a walkoff, while Trea Turner finally looked like himself, raising his OPS 45 points this week. Alec Bohm and Jose Alvarado both returned from brief IL stints, while Darick Hall and Cristian Pache both are finishing up rehab assignments. I seem to say it most weeks but Nick Castellanos continues to be the Phillies best hitter, with his OPS 162 points higher than last year. This week, a west coast road trip with 4 in Arizona and 3 against the red hot Oakland Athletics. |**32-34**
**20**|[](/CLE)|**Guardians**|**0**| I look at three factors when determining my rankings: record, run differential, and how a team has done against teams over 500. There are A LOT of teams under 500. Anyway, the Guardians haven’t been doing badly lately. They’ve won four of their last five series and split the other one. Are they turning the corner? Or am I just getting false hope? You never know with baseball. |**31-34**
**21**|[](/NYM)|**Mets**|**-5**| It’s over. We are back. It’s so over. We are so back. It’s fucking over. We are fucking back. It’s so fucking over. We are so fucking back. It never even began. We never left. |**31-35**
**22**|[](/CIN)|**Reds**|**+2**| Elly De La Cruz has come and so have I. Call your doctor cause this puppy is lasting a lot longer than 4 hours. Seriously can someone please call my doctor, it’s been 4 days now and I have to go to my kid’s baseball game tomorrow. Anyway, Elly De La Cruz is here to absolve us of all our sins. He has cometh into our homes to wash away all transgressions and deliver unto us our time of wonder. For Elly De La Cruz is him, he is the prophet set to save us all from the clutches of the Catellini’s and lead us into salvation. Elly De La Cruz has brought onto us good baseball and fun, something that has been absent for years. Oh glorious days, Hallelujah we are saved. And god said on the fourth day let there be Elly and there was. And he said on the fifth day let there speed, and Elly gained speed. And he said on the sixth day let there be power, and Elly gained power. He hath flown down from the heavens and blessed thee. He reached out to touch thee and emanating from thine finger was the holy spirit, upon contact Cincinnati witnessed miracles of divine proportion. And Elly asked if thee had been saved and thee responded lord yes thine have. And Elly floated back to the palace of God and it rained for forty days and forty nights, and when the waters subsided there was but only joy. Elly De La Cruz has arrived. |**32-35**
**23**|[](/CHC1)|**Cubs**|**-1**| Fresh off of a week that showed promise, the Cubs squandered it by going 2-5. Kyle Hendricks’ no hit bid was a pleasant surprise, but the day was marred by reports that the Cubs FO wasn’t involved in extension talks with Marcus Stroman. |**28-37**
**24**|[](/STL)|**Cardinals**|**-1**| Fire John Mozeliak. |**27-40**
**25**|[](/CHW)|**White Sox**|**+1**| The White Sox were on pace to win both series of the week en route to a 4-2 record. Then, two relievers who hadn’t given up a run since APRIL both imploded in the 8th and 9th and blew a 5-1 lead. Just emblamatic of this team, who also placed Hendriks on the IL Sunday with elbow inflamation. |**29-38**
**26**|[](/WSH)|**Nationals**|**+1**| Given the big club is relatively poopy, let’s take a look at JAMES WOOD JAMES WOOD JAMES WOOD. Dude is a giant OF at 6’7 and is heating up in AA Harrisburg. He’s currently hitting 11-37 with 7XBH (4-2B and 3-HR) and made a spectacular catch up against the fence in CF. There’s still some swing & miss in his game, but he’s exciting for sure. |**26-38**
**27**|[](/COL)|**Rockies**|**+1**| The Rockies went 1-5 this week, including multiple games where the bullpen blew a lead late, but it ended with Ryan McMahon and Nolan Jones hitting some of the longest homers this year so I’m kind of in a good mood for the moment. |**28-40**
**28**|[](/DET)|**Tigers**|**-3**| 0-for-June, yikes. As the outfield injuries keep racking up, the rest of the lineup is nowhere to be found. Can’t really say anything positive about the big squad, but at least it looks like Tarik Skubal’s return is coming soon and he’s been racking up punchies in his rehab starts. Finally something to look forward to! This week: 3 vs. ATL, 4 at MIN. |**27-37**
**29**|[](/KCR)|**Royals**|**0**| *Note from Jack: Please consider donating to your local food bank, animal shelter, or worthy nearby charity. Every dollar can help someone in need* |**18-48**
**30**|[](/OAK)|**Athletics**|**0**| Look, I’m not saying the A’s are good again but after five straight wins vs. NL Central teams, I think all the midwest teams suck profoundly and the only real baseball is played on the coasts. |**18-50**